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Windows Settings

Bluetooth

How to remove device that can't be removed from the Bluetooth window?
Sometimes you can't pair a new device (like a new game controller) because there's a conflict with an old device. When you try to remove the device it may keep reporting 'Failed to remove'. If you go into Device Manager > View > Show Hidden Devices, and then expand the Bluetooth section you may see grayed out duplicate entries for your device. Try removing those and see if the troublesome device disappears from the Bluetooth window.

How to set up an XBox controller
I got a USB to Bluetooth dongle, and for an older controller I was able to just plug it in, go to Bluetooth > Add Device > Everything else, put the controller into pairing mode and it would just show up and pair. When I got a newer controller I had to get the driver from the manufacturers site. Normally you can just point your new device to driver installer (in Device Manager) and it would find what it needs. For this driver, since it installed some extra stuff that I didn't need, I had to install it, find it's install directory, copy that directory, un-install it, and then point Device Manager to a nested usb folder withing that copied folder so that it'd just install the driver and nothing else.

Sometimes after a hardware or windows update, the default motherboard Bluetooth driver/device might start up and conflict with the dongle. In that case I remove the dongle, then deactivate the default item in Device Manager. Plugging the dongle back in should result in things working as expected again.

Corsair

I have a headset by Corsair, and the only way to control it is via the bloated iCue software. When it installs itself it adds a Startup item, and 4 services.

  1. Use iCue to update your hardwares firmware
  2. Use iCue to configure your hardware
  3. Disable the bloat by:
    • Going into Task Manager > Services > Open Services > and do this for Corsair LLA, Corsair, Corsair Uniwill Cooling, and iCue device plugin host 
      [General]
Stop (if running)
Startup type: Disabled

[Recovery]
(change all failure states to): Take No Action
  4. Go into Task Manager > Startup > right-click iCue and choose Disable
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